Write An Essay About The Story Thank You Ma 'Am'

Feelings are an abstract concept that takes children time and experience to understand and deal with in a socially acceptable manner. These activities have served to give the children in my class the foundation and the words needed to express their feelings. I can also use this strategy to remind children that emotions are okay, that words have power, and they now have the words.

She tries to convince him that he is actually a good man. She then turns it around telling the misfit that he should pray. He takes this as an excuse for his behaviors stating maybe if he had known the truth about Jesus he wouldn’t have done the things he did. The grandmother then states “Why you’re one of my babies. Your one of my own children!” (529} and reached out and touched him. This could be seen as good after all of the things he had just done. Or it could be seen as yet another manipulation to save her own life.

She had many questions about God. She wanted to be Christian, but it was hard for her to not have answers to her demands. The biggest request that she had, was “Why does God, let innocent people suffer?” (Payne 14). This question made her curious.

In the story, boy named Roger around fourteen or fifteen years old was really wanting a pair of blue suede shoes. He tried taking the purse from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but she was too quick for him and all that happened was a ripped purse. She saw that he had a little bit of guilt in him and took him back to her house to clean his face. She gave him several chances at her house to dash out the door or try to take her purse a second time, but he never did. She fed him lima beans and ham and after he was done eating she gave him ten dollars to go buy himself a pair of blue suede shoes. He thanked Mrs. Luella and left and never saw Mrs. Luella

that she knew that she didn’t wanted to be punished by the god. Also, she needed god to

In the story, Roger attempts to steal a pocketbook from Mrs. Jones, according to page 78. “It was eleven o’clock at night, and she was walking alone, when a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse… But the boy’s weight and the weight of the purse combined caused him to lose his balance.” Later in the story, we find the boy thanking the woman for taking him to her house and teaching him a lesson, as said on page 79. “The boy wanted to say something other than, ‘Thank you, m’am,” to Mrs. Jones, but he couldn’t do so a he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door.”

In the story, “Thank You Ma’am” a boy named Roger is one of the main characters. Roger looks fourteen or fifteen. He wears tennis shoes and blue jeans. He robes this woman named Mrs. Jones. When he robbed her she pushed his down and she picked him up by his collar. That when she took him home with her to wash his face. When he got done washing his face she asked him, “Why did you tried to steal my pocket book?” he said he wanted some blue suede shoes. Then Mrs. Jones gave Him some money to get him some shoes.

In the story” Thank you ma’am” there was a little a little boy and his name was roger and he was poor .He wanted some blue suede shoes .So he was walking down the street and saw a lady walking with a “large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails”. It had a long strap and miss Jones the lady that had the purse .Then the boy ran up behind her and grab the purse. The scrap broke with a single tug that the boy gave it from behind .but, the boys weight and the weight of the purse combined and made him lose his balance. Then he fell on the ground and she kicked him and then, she reached down and picked him up by his shirt and shacked him until his teeth rattled. Then she stopped and ask why did he do that. He said he wanted some

In the story ¨Thank you ma'am¨, Mrs Jones invites the boy into her home for good reasons. She told him to come in so she can clean him up and have him looking presentable. She knew that nobody was at home helping him so she figured that she should. She knew that they the boy really did notwant to steal her purses that why she instilled so much fear in the boy,and she knew all of this because she use to snatch purses when she was younger. She drags the boy all the way home with her just so she can wash his face and feed him. Once the boy has done everything right she ask him why he wanted to take her purse in the first place. The boy then tells her that he wanted a pair of shoes. She gives the boy ten dollars to go buy the shoes he wanted.

In the story “Thank You M’am” a poor and possibly homeless boy named Roger, wanted to buy some blue suede shoes but he didn’t have any money to buy them. When people are homeless they tend to ask for money or steal it to get what they want. He saw a lady he did not know, by the name of Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, that he was going to steal the money from. He ran up beside her and tried to snatch the purse. It was a fail because, with his weight combined with the purse he became unbalanced and fell straight on the sidewalk. She then picked up Roger up by the shirt and demanded him to pick up her purse and give it to her. Mrs. Jones then took Roger back to her house to clean him up and feed him some diner. After she tested him to see

Walking through the hallways, she heard the floorboards creak. She heard a squeaking sound and so she stopped and listened. When she didn’t hear it, she continued walking. She closed the door behind her and entered the lobby. She heard the sound once more. It started to get quicker and all of a sudden, it halted. She stayed quiet, yet she could feel the goosebumps slithering on her upper arms. Hearing nothing, she entered the door to the archives and ventured inside. Looking through the books, she noticed a slip of paper stuck between the pages of one book. Mary took it without even thinking twice and slipped it into her pocket. Turning around, a young girl was beside her. Mary froze in place and could not observe anything other than a

“Thank You Ma'am” In the story “Thank You Ma'am” by Langston Hughes, a hard working woman named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones is confronted by a frail and willow-wild teenager named Roger, who tries to steal her purse. Rather than calling the police, Mrs. Jones drags Roger home, feeds him, tells him to wash his face, and gives him money. She chooses to take him home because it is apparent to her that Roger is unsupervised and neglected. She also wants to teach him a lesson that warns him from getting into future trouble and feeling miserable.

This story was about a boy named Roger who stole the purse of a woman named Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones catches Roger and takes him to her house where she cleaned and fed him. As she does this, she does this, she figures out why Roger stole her purse in the first place. It was because Roger turned out to be poor, and he wanted money to buy a pair of blue suede shoes. Afterwards, Mrs. Jones let Roger leave her home, but not before she gave him $10 for the blue suede’s and told him to promise that he will never steal purses again.

“The robb’d that smiles, steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.” This paradox is demonstrated through the short story, Thank You, Ma’am, as a woman that goes by Mrs. Jones. Helps this fourteen year old straggly boy, that goes by the name Roger find the real answer to life. As Mrs. Jones takes him into her home, even though the boy tried to steal her purse. She teaches him that you don’t need to steal if you want something in life. You could just ask, because someone would be willing to show an act of kindness. She forgives the boy for trying to steal her purse, because everyone sins and no one's perfect. We all have sinned and we just have to live with

In “Thank You Ma’am” Mrs. Luella Bates Jones was walking on the sidewalk as a boy comes up trying to snatch her purse. In the story she shows the boy kindness. Even though he tried to steal her purse. She shows that she can give forgiveness to him instead of turning him in. Mrs. Jones shows how she was strong by picking the boy up by his shirt and dragging him from behind. She shows that she is trustful to the boy by leaving her purse unattended.